A resident of Los Altos Hills, California, Jason Strober built several successful businesses in the Internet marketing industry. Strober prepared for his career by attending Stanfo...view moreA resident of Los Altos Hills, California, Jason Strober built several successful businesses in the Internet marketing industry. Strober prepared for his career by attending Stanford University in the technology hub of Palo Alto, California. As an undergraduate student, Jason Strober studied a variety of subjects including Psychology and Computer Science before majoring and earning his Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems.
Three years later, after working as a Senior Software Engineer for the San Francisco-based Montgomery Securities/Tri-Star Market Data, Strober returned to Stanford University to pursue his MBA. After just two years he received his Master’s degree and, along with his colleague and classmate David Zinman, started FocaLink Communications, Inc. The company, which offered the first ever remote ad server, was an instant success and, after changing its name to AdKnowledge in 1998, was sold to CMGI in 1999 for more than $200 million.
After his FocaLink accomplishment, Jason Strober started an online gaming firm in 2002 after spending several years with the venture capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners. The business, TreasureGames, Inc., offered a platform for players to participate in online skill game tournaments and compete for real cash prizes. Aside from conceiving the original idea and recruiting a team of engineers to build the site and software, Strober also created a successful search-engine marketing strategy to drive visitors to the site. Less than two years after starting the company, TreasureGames, Inc., was purchased by the UK-based gaming company, GameAccount, in 2004.
With two successful companies to his name, Jason Strober co-founded the Internet marketing firm, Swish Marketing, in June 2004. Strober oversaw all product management and development for the business (now called Unbent Media) until December 2009. In his time there, he saw annual revenues grow from zero to $34 million without investor backing.view less